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Exclusive: Exxon downsizes global empire as Wall Street worries about dividend
By Jennifer Hiller HOUSTON (Reuters) - Ill-timed bets on rising demand have Exxon Mobil Corp facing a shortfall of about $48 billion through 2021, according to a Reuters tally and Wall Street estimate...
Sep 08, 2020
New virus cases knock hopes of reviving Southeast Asia’s holiday hotspots
By Sultan Anshori and Orathai Siring BALI, Indonesia/BANGKOK (Reuters) - A spike in coronavirus infections in Indonesia's holiday island of Bali and Thailand's first locally transmitted case in 100 da...
Sep 07, 2020
Oil mixed after dropping on demand concerns post-U.S. holiday
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Oil prices were mixed in early trade on Tuesday on looming demand worries about a possible rise in COVID-19 cases following the U.S. Labor Day long weekend, which ...
Sep 07, 2020
Starbucks adds plant-based items to Asian menus from Beyond Meat, others
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp said on Tuesday it will add plant-based food and beverages to menus across Asia from September, including products from Impossible Foods, Oatly and Beyond Meat Inc...
Sep 07, 2020
Australian watchdog to examine competition between Apple and Google app stores
(Reuters) - Australia's competition regulator on Tuesday said it would look into the use of and sharing of data by apps and the extent of competition between Apple Inc's and Google's app stores. It wi...
Sep 07, 2020
Little if any growth expected in Mexico’s 2021 budget: senior lawmaker
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican government's 2021 spending blueprint will likely forecast revenue similar to this year's level, or 6.1 trillion pesos ($282 billion), a senior lawmaker said on Mond...
Sep 07, 2020
Japan to spend $6.3 billion from emergency reserve for coronavirus vaccines
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese government approved on Tuesday spending of 671.4 billion yen ($6.32 billion) from emergency budget reserves to secure coronavirus vaccines, the Ministry of Finance said....
Sep 07, 2020
Australia employment eases again, weekly payroll data shows
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian employment fell by 0.4% over the month to Aug. 22, data showed on Tuesday, with the rate of job losses in the coronavirus stricken Victoria state slowing from a month ago...
Sep 07, 2020
U.S. to ban cotton from Xinjiang region of China over rights concerns: New York Times
(Reuters) - The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is weighing a ban on some or all products made with cotton from the Xinjiang region of China over alleged human rights violations, the New...
Sep 07, 2020
Australia business conditions soften, confidence still fragile: survey
SYDNEY (Reuters) - A measure of Australian business conditions fell sharply in August reflecting weakness in employment, sales and profitability as Victoria relapsed into a coronavirus lockdown, and t...
Sep 07, 2020
